Friday, 30 September 2011

Why would a big wine tanker lorry from Bordeaux(with '33' number plates indicating the Gironde department) be filling up with wine from a large Cave CoOperative in the Minervois, Languedoc? Click on the picture to see it clearer.This picture was taken on Wednesday this week.

It would be disappointing to think that wines were blended from the Languedoc with wines from Bordeaux. Bordeaux had a big harvest this year and would not need to bolster their wines.It is illegal to label a wine as coming from one region, when the juice has been sourced from another. Unfortunately this kind of thing has been going on for many years. I just hope that this situation is innocent!The weird thing is that the front of the lorry had Bordeaux number plates, whilst the back of the lorry had '11' plates for the local Aude region.Maybe they were covering both eventualities?

About Me

I run the exciting wine distribution company called Bella Wines. I spend a lot of time tasting the best wines in Languedoc and Bordeaux in France as well as in Australia and South Africa. We are now branching out to run exclusive wine tours to some of the most interesting areas of Bordeaux and the South of France.